"[Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out of the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second"--C.S. Markham's introd. to the First part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi

Illustrated with ten unsigned copperplate engravings

Library copy has two versions of the title page, one printed in red and black, and the other reset and printed in black only

Bound in modern boards; gilt red label on spine

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